Creation of Released Production Order in D365 BC:
(1) In this blog, we will get to know about the creation of Released Production Order (RPO) in Business Central D365. It is a document that gives information about the Finished Goods Item and its Raw Material & Processes.
(2) For this go to the search bar and type “Released Production Orders”, as shown.
(3) After that, a list of “Released Production Orders” opens. For new RPO press the “New” button or for existing RPO double click on the RPO from the list and do the changes accordingly, as shown.
(4) Now press the “New” button, a page opens, and enter the information, as shown below.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. | Mandatory | Specifies the number of the involved entry or record, according to the specified number series in No. series setup. |
| Description | Optional | Specifies the description of the production order. |
| Description 2 | Optional | Specifies an additional part of the production order description. |
| Source Type | Mandatory | Specifies the source type of the production order. 1. Item: If the Source type is an item, then the production order line is populated according to the Item selected in Source No field. 2. Family: If the Source type is Family, then the production order line is populated according to the family selected in Source No field. Sales 3. Header: If the Source type is Sales Header, then the production order line is populated according to the Sales Order selected in Source No field. |
| Source No. | Mandatory | Specifies the item number or number of the source document that the entry originates from. Its lookup depends upon the Source Type field. |
| Search Description | Auto populated | Specifies the search description. |
| Quantity | Mandatory | Specifies how many units of the item or the family to produce. |
| Due Date | Mandatory | Specifies the due date of the production order. |
| Assigned User Id | Auto populated | Specifies the ID of the user who is responsible for the document. |
| Blocked | Optional | Specifies that the related record is blocked from being posted in transactions, for example, a customer that is declared insolvent or an item that is placed in quarantine. |
| Last Date Modified | Auto populated | Specifies when the production order card was last modified. |
(5) After entering the information, go to the “Process” → “Refresh Production Order”, as shown.
(6) New pop window opens, as shown below with details.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling Direction | Mandatory | Specifies whether you want the scheduling to be refreshed forward or backward. |
| Lines | Mandatory | Specifies if you want the program to calculate the production order lines. |
| Routings | Mandatory | Specifies if you want the program to calculate the routing. |
| Component Need | Mandatory | Specifies if you want the program to calculate the component requirement. |
| Create Inbound Request | Mandatory and it depends upon the business requirement | Specifies if you want to create an inbound request when calculating and updating a production order. |
(7) After refreshing the production order, the system automatically calculates its production and its related raw material & process, as shown.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the number of the item that is to be produced. |
| Due Date | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the date when the produced item must be available. The date is copied from the header of the production order. |
| Description | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the value of the Description field on the item card. If you enter a variant code, the variant description is copied to this field instead. |
| Starting Date-Time | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the starting date and the starting time, which are combined in a format called “starting date-time”. |
| End Date-Time | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the ending date and the ending time, which are combined in a format called “ending date-time”. |
| Quantity | Mandatory & Auto populated when the “Refresh Production” option is used | Specifies the quantity to be produced if you manually fill in this line. |
| Unit of Measure Code | Mandatory | Specifies how each unit of the item or resource is measured, such as in pieces or hours. By default, the value in the Base Unit of Measure field on the item or resource card is inserted. |
| Finished Quantity | Auto-updated | Specifies how much of the quantity on this line has been produced. |
| Cost Amount | Auto-updated as per the Unit Cost. | Specifies the total cost on the line by multiplying the unit cost by the quantity. |
(8) After that, you will also check the components from the “Production Component” page, for that follow the steps Line → Components as shown. Note: If components do not show in the list, open the FG Item card and check the field “Production BOM”. On the basis of this field, the system will calculate the material of the FG Item.
(9) After that the Production Order Component list opens, as shown.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the number of the item that is a component in the production order component list. |
| Due Date | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the date when the produced item must be available. The date is copied from the header of the production order. |
| Description | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies a description of the item on the line. |
| Quantity Per | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies how many units of the component are required to produce the parent item. |
| Unit Of measure | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies how each unit of the item or resource is measured, such as in pieces or hours. By default, the value in the Base Unit of Measure field on the item or resource card is inserted. |
| Flushing Method | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies how consumption of the item (component) is calculated and handled in production processes. Manual: Enter and post consumption in the consumption journal manually. Forward: Automatically posts consumption according to the production order component lines when the first operation starts. Backward: Automatically calculates and posts consumption according to the production order component lines when the production order is finished. Pick + Forward / Pick + Backward: Variations with warehousing. |
| Expected Quantity | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the quantity of the component expected to be consumed during the production of the quantity on this line. |
| Remaining Quantity | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the difference between the finished and planned quantities, or zero if the finished quantity is greater than the remaining quantity. |
Note: If the business required the addition or deletion of a production order component item, So yes you can delete or add an item on that page also.
(10)
After that, you will also check the routing or processes from the “Routing” page, for that follow
the steps Line → Routing as shown. The routing is attached in the Item Master, the name of the field is
Production Order Routing.
(11) Prod. Order Routing list opens, as shown.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Operation No. | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the operation or process number. |
| Type | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the type of operation or process. |
| No. | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the number of the involved entry or record, according to the specified number series. |
| Description | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the description of the operation. |
| Starting Date Time | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the starting date and the starting time, which are combined in a format called “starting date- time”. |
| Ending Date Time | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the ending date and the ending time, which are combined in a format called “ending date-time”. |
| Setup Time | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the setup time of the operation. |
| Run Time | Mandatory & Auto Fill | Specifies the run time of the operation. |
(12) System auto-fill the below fields, as shown.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Date-Time | Mandatory | Specifies the starting date and starting time of the production order. |
| Ending Date-Time | Mandatory | Specifies the ending date and ending time of the production order. |
(13) Posting tab info as per the below image with details.
| Field Name | Nature & Importance | Field Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory Posting Group | Mandatory | Specifies links between business transactions made for the item and an inventory account in the general ledger, to group amounts for that item type. |
| Gen. Prod. Posting Group | Mandatory | Specifies the item’s product type to link transactions made for this item with the appropriate general ledger account according to the general posting setup. |
| Gen. Bus. Posting Group | Optional | Specifies the vendor’s or customer’s trade type to link transactions made for this business partner with the appropriate general ledger account according to the general posting setup. |
| Department Code | Optional | Specifies the code for Shortcut Dimension 1, which is one of two global dimension codes that you set up in the General Ledger Setup window. |
| Project Code | Optional | Specifies the code for Shortcut Dimension 2, which is one of two global dimension codes that you set up in the General Ledger Setup window. |
| Location Code | Mandatory | Specifies the location code to which you want to post the finished product from this production order. |
| Bin Code | Mandatory if Bin activated | Specifies a bin to which you want to post the finished items. |
